Isaac Asimov Top 10 Quotes


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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Isaac Asimov

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Creationists make it sound as though a "theory" is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.

Isaac Asimov (Remarks to the National Coalition Against Censorship, 1980)

8

I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.

Isaac Asimov

7

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.

Isaac Asimov (Fantastic Voyage II, 1987)

6

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

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5

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Isaac Asimov (Astounding Science Fiction, 1942)

4

While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.

Isaac Asimov (Quoted in The Complete Stories, 1990)

3

If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.

Isaac Asimov (Asimov's Guide to Science, 1972)

2

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

Isaac Asimov (Science Past, Science Future, 1975)

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It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.

Isaac Asimov (Foundation)

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Isaac Asimov Biography

Born: January 2, 1920
Died: April 6, 1992

Isaac Asimov was a Russian born American author, writer and scholar. He is best known as a master of writing science fiction novels.

Notable Works

I, Robot (1950)
The Caves of Steel (1954)
The Gods Themselves (1972)
Foundation Novels (1951 - 1993)
I. Asimov: A Memoir
(1994)
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